Combined mop head and wringer.



A. HSGHBR, JE. COMBINED MGP HEAD AND WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.13, 1909.

Pateted 0013. 25, 1910.

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. ALEXANDER FISCHER, JR., OF CHEVIOT, OHIO.

COMBINED MOP HEAD AND WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct?. 25,1910.

Application filed February 13, 1909. Serial Nol 477,542.

To all tlfhom it may concern:

Be itr known thaty I, ALEXANDER FISCHER, Jr., a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Cheviot,county of I-Iamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Combined Mop Heads and IVringers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mops and particularly to means for wringing out or manipulating the mop.

An object of this invention is the production of a mop in which simple and ettective means are employed for attaching the yarn of the mop in place, and for wringing out the yarn without wett-ing the hands of the operator. YThis and other objects I attain in an .lpparatus embodying the features herein described, and illustrated.

In the drawings accompanying this application, and forming a. part thereof, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a mop ern-- bodying my invention. Fig. 2 a plan view of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the manner of securing the binding wire of the mop head.

The mop consists of a handle, to which one end of the yarn is attached, and a sleeve which encircles the handle, and to which the other end of the yarn is attached. The sleeve is loosely attached tothe handle, is adapted to be held stationary in the hand of the operator while the handle is rotated to twist the yarn of the mop, and to thereby wring it out.

Referring to the drawings: A collar 3 is secured by means of screws l to the handle 5 of the mop. One end of cach loop of yarn, which forms the mop proper, is secured to the collar 3 by means of a wire which encircles the collar, and clamps the yarn into place on the collar, by being secured into a groove or depression 7 formed on the surface of the collar. The other end of each loop of yarn is attached in a similar manner by means of a wire 8 to a sleeve 9, which is loosely mounted on the mop handle 5 and which is located adjacent to the collar 3. The Wire 8 is located in a depression or groove formed on the surface of the sleeve 9 and is secured in place by being looped around a screw 10. A cylindrical extension 11 is formed `integrally with the sleeve 9,

and Yextending upwardly along the mop handle 5, is adapted to be utilized as a handhold by the operator 'in wringing out the lsurroumled by loops of yarn.

' handle, a collar secured thereto, a sleeve ro-.fl

mop.I A stop l2, which may consist of a round headed screw, is mounted on the handleI 5 and holds the sleeve 5) in place.

A collar 125. which may be of wood, or galvaniz/.ed iron. is adapted to be secured in place on the mop handle 5. in a convenient position for the operator. by means of a screw It.

During the mopping operation the yarn comprising the mop proper is located, relative to the. mop handle, similar to the yarn otl ordinary mops, and the mop will perform the ordinary functions, in the same manner as an ordinary mop. When it is required to wring or rinse the yarn composing the mop. the operator grasps the hand-hold formed by the extension 1l firmly in one hand, and by grasping the collar 13 and revolving the mop handle with the other hand. twists the varn composing the mop proper and thereby wrings the water from it. This twisting operation may be performed by rotating' the mop handle in either direction. and the intensity may be varied, as is readily apparent. at the will of the operator. i

The collar 3 and the sleeve may be made either of wood or of metal, as the conditions may require.

The method of mounting the yarn of the mop enables me to employ a single piece of yarn, which is looped alternately over the wire S and then over the wire o until the mop-head is completed and the sleeve t) is The construction, and arrangement. of the collar 3 and the sleeve t) provide an air space 1.3 and an air space lo within the loops of the. 'far n,'and thereby facilitatesrapid drying.95 The construction also enables the yarn to be thrown back over the handle and to be exposed to the air on both sides when the mop handle is reversed and set up on its end.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have illustrated and described what I now consider to be a preferred embodiment of my invention, but I desire to be understood that. I do not limit myself to the apparatus shown, and thatvarious changes and moditications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

IVhat I claim is:

In a combined mop and wringer, a mep tatively mounted on the handle and jourf naled on the collar, a single strand of yarn looped between the sleeve :1nd thel'eollar, means secured to the sleeve for Securing one end of each of the loops in place thereon, means secured to the collar, for securing the other ends of the loops to the collar, an extension formed on said sleeve and forming a hand hold, and means for permanently holding said Sleeve in Contact with said collar.

ALEXANDER FISCHER, JR.

Vtnesses AGNES MCCORMACK, E. W. MCCALLISTER. 

